Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Classic Moments in Soldiering: TA-50 Bomb

TA-50 is the catchall term for Army-issued gear. It has a habit of 'sploding all over one's living quarters if not stored carefully:

Since I came back from Georgia, my room's slowly been getting disorganized as I sort and pack things for the Iraq. Then today I needed some gear for the rifle range, and had to dig through all my packed crates to find it in a hurry. And now my room's a disaster that I don't even want to look at or think about. Just thought I'd share.

Uvalpie: You kid, but it's seriously frustrating when you're frantically searching for one particular piece of gear, a canteen pouch or first aid kit or somesuch, and you're digging through an entire crate of gear that's all the same pattern. A pattern specifically designed to break up outlines.